This thread was started as a central reference to all the really great threads (in my opinion) that have been made over the past two-plus years. I intend to keep it updated as new threads become available.

Basically, the criteria that I am using are that the thread be instructive, and that it either helped me two years ago when I was learning the game, or if I believe the thread will help a new player, particularly veterans of previous city-builder games, due to the differences between CotN and its ancestors.

If you see a thread that is not listed here, and think it should be included, please let me know, and I can include it. This is not a dictatorship!

Campaign Road Map, posted by TM's David Beebe - This is the list and simple description of each of the original scenarios shipped with CotN, and how they stack up either as part of the original Grand Campaign, or as a sandox. This is a sticky at the top of the forum Game Help & Strategy, but most people (including me) miss it. It is defnitely worth reading.

City Designs, posted by MarkDuffy - A recent forum post by MD that groups several threads / posts about city design into one post, and helps show the evolution of city designs from a community standpoint.

CotN Hints & Tips, by Speedy7th. This is a great post that aims to help out new players and point them in the right directions for help, and some general tips.[/font]

Don’t build on clay sprites by MarkDuffy, This is a great post that explains why we shouldn’t just plop down housing at the edge of the floodplain, and how by optimizing the locations of brickmakers, and avoiding covering the clay sprites, we can use less brickmakers and make more prestige!

Important Things left out of the Tutorials, started by me as an idea to edit the tutorials, but MarkDuffy makes a reply in post #2 that lists a whole bunch of great tips that are missing form the tutorials. Advise reading this if you did the tutorials and are still confused. (We all were! )

Laborers, started by Thain - How laborers go to work. Post #4 and #8 solve a riddle that we were curious about shortly after the game's release - that being, that BARGES are necessary to transport any blocks (granite, basalt, limestone, or f. limestone) across the Nile. Very important!

Overseer Allocation, by Jimaaten. This is a great post that explains exactly how an overseer allocates construction materials to a pyramind. Definitely worth a read.

Sage Advice, started by NanaBanana - Basic CotN philosophy, that will greatly help you if you have played other CB games.

Whats a good build order?, by miscellaneous people. There are several examples of players' build orders. They are all fairly similar, but on closer examination, they differ quite a bit, and show just how versatile CotN is. Try them all!

Added on 23 April 2008:Gameplay Efficiency Tips, started by Kilash, This was originally a question, but generated many great answers on how temples, shrines, healthcare, and schools work with priests.

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Your work is appreciated, and I must admit those threads are in fact very interesting.

However, I noticed one conspicuous detail. In both of those threads you listed, your name suspiciously appears, whereas certain other names, my own for instance, does not. Mere coincidence? I think not. So this seems to imply, at least upon initial review, that you are suggesting that threads in which your name appears are somehow deemed more interesting than threads in which other names, for instance, my own, appears. So ummm, seriously....

Could this be discrimination by the 'magnates' towards the 'deputies'? I am now (just recently) fully in support of this kind of behavior being directed towards the 'clerks' ('vagrants' was really a more appropriate term). But come on....against 'deputies'? I am one of you now. How many posts separates me from you? 5...10....Do I not bleed?

Edit: I just checked...Apparently more than 200 posts separate us. So ummm....I guess I will just go hang out with the rest of the plebians and keep quiet.

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One hint though. Could you kindly change the colours so that the thread title and the person who started it have different colours? This way the subject comes more clearly out of the text, while the person's name is a bit less important. (The same thread can have equally important other posts.)

Does anyone know if it is possible to have a signature on these boards? I'd like to just include this thread in my sig. I could always copy and paste the shortcut everytime, but that would get a bit tedious, I think.